Newspaper boxes repurposed into Little Free Libraries to help students keep reading skills sharp thi

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http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20150724/NEWS/150727736



Grace Gerling helps load the newspaper-box-turned-book-box at Greater Fall River Re-Creation's headquarters on Rock Street. Kids are free to "take a book, leave a book" at the mini library.

Newspaper boxes repurposed into Little Free Libraries to help students keep reading skills sharp this summer
Lynne Sullivan
Editor in Chief
Posted Jul. 24, 2015 at 1:28 PM
Updated Jul 24, 2015 at 3:57 PM

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In June I got a call from Stephanie Hoye, the principal of East Taunton Elementary School. She wanted to know if she could borrow a couple of our newspaper boxes. "Sure," I said, a little cautiously. "Do you mind telling me what you will be doing with them? I feel like there might be a story here."

Sure enough, it was indeed story-worthy. She and her staff were creating two Little Free Libraries, just outside the main entrances of the school, so that their students could keep up their reading skills over the summer. They had considered other types of boxes, but they really wanted something that was weather-proof.

I absolutely loved this idea and immediately got to work trying to set up similar Little Free Libraries down here in Fall River. I admit I'm a little biased: By encouraging kids to read, I'm building a future audience for The Herald News.

Little Free Library is a program that was started in 2009, according to its website, "to promote literacy and the love of reading by building free book exchanges worldwide." Folks are encouraged to "take a book, leave a book" at each of the mini libraries around the world.

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I've been donating my books to the Jamaica Plan VA.